Analysis of heavy metals content in the soil and in the macromycetes species growing on mine waste dumps

Abstract

This study aims at an ecological reconstruction, by means of macromycetes species, of the soils degraded by mining activities. To this end, samples of both soils and macromycetes from altitude mining waste dumps-resulted from the exploitation of iron and sulphur ores - have been collected and analyzed. The metal contents were determined by atomic spectrometry and the results were performed with Microsoft Excel, Origin and SPSS programs. The statistical study of the distribution of the metal content data among soil, substrate and macromycetes indicates an adequate correlation.